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Should we be using peat moss as gardeners? What about coco coir, the ‘new’ amendment that is being used to replace it? We brought in our new grower, Chris up in Vancouver, to discuss the pros and cons of both peat moss and coconut coir. 00:00 – Intro 00:49 – Chris Intro 01:16 – Lulu…
In this episode we are explaining how you could be hurting your garden and even killing you plants for years to come by simple adding 1 thing to your soil. It is something that over 90% of gardeners have used at some point and it is even organic. It isn’t a chemical, it isn’t widely…
Make your own potting and seedling mix! In this video, I show you how to make an extremely cost effective, yet better-than-commercial potting and plug soil mixture. Using compost, coco-fiber, alfalfa meal, canola meal, epsom salts, and rock dust, you can make some of the best potting mixtures for your transplants, plugs, seedling trays, small…
We are transplanting the tomatoes we have growing in the red solo cups into the garden. We create a mixture of peat moss, blood meal, bone meal, Epsom salt, worm castings, and Azomite to put around the tomatoes when we plant them. We water them in with fish water and fertilize around them with chicken…
This year we are trying a new mix from last year. We used an african violet mix last year and it worked well, but we want to eep trying new things to really see what is the best out there. This mix would also be awesome for a potting mix! Send mail to: PO box…
A little more I found on Yacon and the second harvest. http://greenharvest.com.au/Plants/Information/Yacon.html http://www.ehow.com/way_5906976_yacon-planting-directions.html A link discussing renal toxicity related to eating Yacon leaves. I haven’t fully researched it but it states the onset was after prolonged exposure. (eating) May still be edible but check out the article and be careful. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20951787
There are a TON of different types of hydroponic media out there and sometimes it’s tough to know what to use. I’ve used a bunch in my growing and have collected a lot of reader input as well to make this definitive guide to hydroponic media…enjoy and grow on! In this video, we cover: -…
